Video kills

For the Canadian readers among us, I am sure everyone cringed at the broadcast of Liberal Leader Stephane Dion’s taped response to the Prime Minister’s address on Wednesday evening.
It doesn’t matter what your political stripe, the video incident was a nightmare.
The promised pre-taped address was to be aired in a 30-minute window provided by the [...]

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Prompted

Wherever Canada’s current minority government Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, makes a public address, no matter how small or seemingly casual, he uses a script and a teleprompter. I’ve seen him in the middle of a wheat field, sleeves rolled up, trying to look as farmer-like as possible, yet with two glass teleprompter screens to each [...]

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